Sue Swiggum posted: >> btw. you questioned "John Hopkins Harlow" arriving via New York as an Canadian immigrant. Just one year later, my ggrandfather's [Sue's] older half brother Job and family arrived via New York, took the Hudson to Albany, then the Erie Canal to Rochester, then across Lake Ontario, to Cobourg, Ontario. Granted, they didn't then head down the St. Lawrence, although they could have, should they wished. Job was not a military officer nor a wealthy merchant, but a simple labourer who had been an indentured 'slave' from the age of 8 until 21. My objection was to someone travelling to Quebec City by way of New York, and not to someone going to other parts of Canada. Many immigrants to Canada did travel by American ports (although fares to Quebec were usually cheaper). Like much else in immigration, the details varied over time as conditions (cost, travel routes, opportunity) changed. I once saw figures that in one year as many people emigrated to Canada via the U.S. as emigrated to the U.S. by way of Canada :-) As it appears John Hopkins Harlow was not on the WEST POINT when she arrived in New York, I wonder if the situation was that he had gone ahead of his family, presumably in 1850, found work in Quebec, and then sent for his family. As Quebec was not open in March because of ice, they may have been sold tickets to New York, and possibly left on their own to cope with the overland journey to Quebec. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------